Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-12

c. l.. Williams, d. ii. Outright and job
Henderson,, Of the Ohio River road, wer
here this week attending Court as wit
nesSes for the road, but the trial was post
pOned until the October term of Court.
Prof. }. W. May of Bcnwood school
and T. J. Parsons of the Cameron Norma
School, We're appointed members of tn
Board of Examiners for Marshall count
teachers.
Miss Laura Webster, of Powhattan, wa
the guest Of Miss Daisy Myers, o.
Wednesday.
Miss Annie Ward and brother, of Pitts
burg, were guests of Miss Agnes Caul
field.
Invitations for distribution ut Mt. d
Chan;al Tor Wednesday were received by
few persons here. The invitation list i
much smaller this year than previou
years, and those receiving, are to he con
Sidered exceptionally fortunate.
DR.. Bruce and wife attended the John
sOn-EruCe wedding.
Jaseph W. Gallaher and wife returned
from the East on Monday.
4 match game of base ball will be play
ed to-day Saturday between the Mounds
Vile and Bcllajrc clubs.
An ultra fashionable wedding is Ia tax,
place ut powha,tan on the 18th.
Mr.. Robert Lindsey, of AtchiSon, Kan,
is here.
Miss Landsiord and Mrs. Foster, ol
LeatherwoOd, were here to see Mrs. Sara
Holiday.
Circuit Court convened Monday, Judge
Jacob on the bcuch. The following Jury
was i]mpanelled: John Booth, James
Rogers, Isaac Shepherd, !. l.. Bonar. !.
4. Crime, James +. Stewart, Z. VI. Ped
ley. John X. Francis, Samuel Martin. VIM.
Francis, Samuel Riggs, Hiram McCOmbS,
c. 4. Jones, J. 4. B0nar and l.. L. Camp
bell. There were twenty one indictments
found by the grand Jury, Of which twenty
were Tor selling whisky.
The festival To he given in J.. Il. LOgan's
storcrOom on Tuesday evening last by the
Home Workers of the Presbyterian Church
will he given this Tuesday evening.
The funeral of Mrs. l.. +. Puriy took
place on Wednesday at l:3O p. IN. Inter
ment in Mt. Rose Cemetery. The Obscquic-
were conducted by Revs. X. j. Hammond.
u llA4llNh NtlNlNlls - NilbNIil NtlllNl, bl Ut.
Luke's Church, Wheeling, and l." l.. Stew
art, Of Simpson N. +. Church.
The inlerment oi Miss Ida Low took
place Thursday ut ! p M, at Mt. Rose
Cemetery, Rev. +. +. Myers, of the Pres.
bytrriIu Church. officiating.
\ meeting WAS held at the Mound City
Hotel ON Tuesday for Il temperance mas,
meeting N Iuly It'll, on the camp ground.
Hon. G.. :. McFadden was elected PrcSi,
dent OF the organization.
Too much praise cannot be allotted ia
our present Street Commissioner lanes
Fontain, our streets are in a better con.
Gitlou now than for some time.
The many friends of Alex. purdy, now
employed on the Civil Engineer corps on
the Q. K. t., will he panied to hear of his
lndiSpOsltion, for the past two weeks. He
is stationed at Guyandott, w. Va.
The Cradle Factory of j. A. Scwob Il
Sons, are unable To fill the vast amount OF
orders now being received by them.
The Edwards property was sold on Mon
day 70 W. w. Smith for SlO, $50.
The recent rains caused a great deal OF
damage in the immediate vicinity. Among
the heaviest LOSERS are Christian Kliner Il
Sons, basket manufacturers, who lost vii,
lows and grain To the amount of eleven
hundred dollars. Vim. LOdgsOn lost his
stable and farming implements. Simeon
Morris and Saul McNilIcn, several acres of
grain. The corn in the low lands. without
on exception, will have to he rcplantcd,
while on the hill-ldcs Che damage is cuu-
ally as great, owing to the land washing
causing the corn To be uprOotcd. The Ohio
River road has been at u great expense
keeping Il constant and large force of work
men on the narrowS, below here, shOvcliny
mud from slips which delayed trains seve-
ral hours. The damage here add vicinity
will amount TO $50, 600.
Arthur Loves Comedy Co., assisted by
a well known Moundsvillian, Mai. Han.
son Criswell, it,, delighted one of the
largest audiences that ever assembled in
II Opera House. Tuesday evening. Mr..
Love expects to take up his residence
here in the near future.
G. \. Weaver and Rev. l.. l.. Stewart
returned from Minnesota this week well
pleased with the country.
Penitcntiary releases for this week were:
Yesterday Edward Standsbury, of Grafton
was p%lrdoned, and to-day John 4. Stropc,
OF Flyctte County and john Hampton. of
pshur county, term expired Tuesday.
+. D.. Martin, of Fayette County, and
John Walton, OF Marion County, on Thurs
day finished their sentences.